SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite service has reported that it now has more than 2 million “active customers and counting” in over 60 countries – double the number from just nine months ago. Some observers have asked ‘what is an active customer?’ and questioned why Starlink doesn’t use the commonplace description of a paying ‘subscriber’. However, Starlink […]
Netflix has announced its sponsorship of a programme led by Chanh Phuong Films in Vietnam, which aims to discover and nurture the next generation of talented Vietnamese filmmakers. Slated to kick off applications in October, this programme will equip 30 participants with professional training by leading Vietnamese creators. Furthermore, it aims to pave the way […]
South Korea’s government has outlined its plans for a 480 billion Korean won (€338m) R&D investment in low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites as a ‘home grown’ rival to the systems from Elon Musk, Amazon’s Kuiper and OneWeb. According to local reports, the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) recently released a ‘Satellite Communication […]
Zimbabwe’s government will be authorising Starlink to be used in the nation. Zimbabwe’s Postal & Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz), is reportedly ready to approve an application by SpaceX to launch Starlink services in the Southern African country. The move means that Zimbabwe joins a growing number of African nations to have authorised Starlink – except […]
EchoStar’s Mobile division and The Things Industries announced a collaboration to deploy hybrid satellite and LoRa Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to businesses across Europe. The companies have incorporated EchoStar’s satellite IoT capabilities into The Things Stack, a reliable, cloud-based LoRaWAN network server, enabling customers to connect IoT devices for real-time, two-way communications over satellite […]
ITV has announced that the new series of Big Brother will start on October 8th. To mark the return of the ultimate social experiment, Big Brother: The Launch will air on ITV1, ITV2 and ITVX in a disruptive multi-channel and streaming takeover. The remainder of the series will be available nightly at 9pm on ITV2 […]
With immediate effect, 270,000 cable households in Munich, Germany supplied by PŸUR have access to internet bandwidths of up to 1,000 Mbps.Now that the technical work on the network has been successfully completed, internet connections with a bandwidth of up to 1,000 Mbit/s in download – i.e. one gigabit – can be booked. The increase […]
Digital media network, Little Dot Studios, an All3Media Company, has partnered with Dubformer, an AI dubbing start-up, to localise and dub 100 hours of broadcast quality YouTube programming from English to Spanish. Following a surge in demand for premium factual content in the Spanish speaking areas of the US and mainland Spain, Little Dot Studios […]
Extreme Sports Channel UK will exclusively broadcast New Japan Pro Wrestling’s (NJPW) Destruction in Kobe 2023 on September 29th, just five days after the live event. NJPW’s Destruction series began in 2007, now taking place multiple times per year across various locations in Japan. Destruction in Kobe will host some of the world’s most renowned […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) says that a September test firing of the Ariane 6’s powerful engine went well. However, ESA’s DG Josef Aschbacher says the agency has cancelled a planned October follow-on test because of an “anomaly”. “Ariane 6 task force update: great data and results from the hot-fire September tests for #Ariane6 both […]